Author: Susan Conklin
Dear Children,
Learning to become aware and to learn to live
Lovingly and compassionately
Within ourselves and with others
Is a lifelong journey.
In our Self-Reg Journey
we’ll consider
“Five Domains” and “Five Steps”
to help us along the way.
Across the five domains
we’ll work together
in relationship with one another
To experience self-regulation and well-being
Physically (in our bodies)
Emotionally (in our hearts)
Cognitively (in our minds)
Socially (with our friends and family and others)
and Prosocially (in our souls and in empathy with others).
When we get over-stressed
Or stuck in set ways
We’ll Reframe our behaviour
as “stress behaviour”
and work like scientists
to Recognize and detect the stressors
across all domains and the interplay among them.
We’ll find ways to
Reduce the stressors
so that we can regain and maintain
our energy for learning and creativity and thriving
As the best “me”
That we can be.
We’ll each Reflect and become self-aware
And ask
“Why now?”
And
“What now?”
“Why am I responding this way?”
And
“What can I do to restore Myself
To calm and well-being?”
We’ll each learn
To Respond to this emerging
Self-awareness in ways
That is healthy
And adaptive
And positive
And joyful.
We’ll learn to self-regulate.
We’ll travel a path or
“Trajectory” toward well-being
And joy.
Self-Reg is a journey,
A lifelong journey,
A Dynamic Systems process
That invites us individually and together
To embrace life and living
And loving ourselves and all others,
And to let our lights shine.
Stress can be positive.
But when there is too much stress
And we are overloaded
Our Self-Reg Journey
Can help us
Restore our energy
And
Revive
Our beautiful beings.
“Five-by-Five: Self-Reg’s Alive!”
